SHININESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shininess mean? 

• SHININESS (noun)
  The noun SHININESS has 1 sense:

1. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

  Familiarity information: SHININESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHININESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The visual property of something that shines with reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

luster; lustre; sheen; shininess

Hypernyms ("shininess" is a kind of...):

effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

Derivation:

shiny (reflecting light)

shiny (having a shiny surface or coating)

shiny (made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow)